Railroad-conductor&#39;s folder and car-record.



PATNTED JAN. 7, 1908.

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RAILROAD OONDUOTORS FOLDER AND OAR RROORD.

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.ANDREW KEISER, OF GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-CONDUCTOR@ FOLDER AND CAR-RECORD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed i'iay 17. 1906. Serial No. 317.265.

n To all whom it may concern:

kcitizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Greensburg, in the county of Vllestmoreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailroad-Conductors Folder and Car-Record, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to record books, adapted especially for the useof railroad men in the making up of car reports, and like, records.

The primary object of the invention, is to provide a simple andconvenient record book so constructed as to adapt it for the use ofconductors of freight-trains to enable them to make up the car recordswithout liability of exposing the sheets of the book to damage by rainor snow, in inclement weather, it being well known that ordinarily theentering or making up of freight car records requires a conductor towalk from one end of a train to the other, this work being frequentlydone in Wet or snowy weather.

A further object of the invention is to provide a manifolding recordbook, so constructed that only the leaf being written upon need beexposed, the other leaves being so folded and carried as to protect themfrom being soiled or damaged.

A further object of this invention is to provide a car-record bookhaving the leaves so folded and relatively arranged as to presentaplurality of like leaves, or manifold copies connected at their ends orin a single continuous strip made up of independent separable sections.

A further object of the invention is to provide a book of the characterindicated having firm and substantial surfaces to support the sheetswhile being written upon, and flexibly secured backs or covers adaptedto fully protect and conceal the leaves when the book is not in use.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafterin connection with the accompanying drawings which form 'a part of thisspecification, and its features lof novelty will be defined in theappended claims.

as it appears when folded or closed, Fig. 2 is a section taken on theline of Fig. l, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the book with a part ofits leaves folded outward into position for writing, Fig. 4 is a sectionon the line 1/Ay of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 a perspective view showing the bookfolded, the sheets folded into a position reversely of that shown inFig. 3, Fig. G is a section on the line wre of Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is aperspective view showing the book reversed to expose the undermost sheetof the series of sheets shown in Fig. 3, Fig. S is a fragmentaryperspective view of the book folded with the slate member outermost,Fig. 9 is a view in perspective of the book with its covers and leavesin open position.

The book comprises three sections designated by the numerals 1, 2 and 3respectively, said sections 'preferably being of heavy card board, orlike material, capable of affording a. ilrm support for paper to bewritten on. The sections l. and 3 are secured to the oppositelongitudinal edges of the section 2, by flexible connecting strips 4 and5, and to the outer edge of the section l is -flexibly connected by astrip 4L a flap 6, the latter being preferably of thinner material thanthe other sections. The connecting strips Ll, Ll and 5 are exaggeratedin thickness in Figs. l to 7 of the drawings to more clearly illustratethe construction.

Between the sections l and 2 is hinged a stiff leaf 7 by means of thesame flexible strips fl that connect the edges of the secu tions l and 2together, the edges of said flexible strip 4 being secured. to theopposite side of the leaf 7 by adhesive material. The surfaces of thisleaf 7 are coated with a suitable composition so that said leaf may beused as a slate. By this arrangement of the strips 4, 4 and 5, thevarious sections l, 2, 3, and 6 together with the slate section 7 arefoldable in both directions relative to each other, so that the variousnecessary folds can be readily made as hereafter explained. The folds ofthe inserted sheets are disposed parallel to the flexible connectionsbetween the sections.

Fig. 8 of the drawings represents a portion of the device folded withthe slate section outermost, in which position it will be arranged whenthe slate is to be used, and when thus folded the slate comes uppermost,the section 1 comes next, the section 6 comes next, the section 2 next,the leaves 13 next, and the section 3 comes next, as shown in Fig. 8, sothat Fig. 8 clearly represents the arrangements of the parts.

An elastic band 8, preferably attached to the section 2, holds the bookclosed as shown in Fig. 1. The space between the section 1 and its flap6 serves as a pocket in which extra carbon sheets may be convenientlycarried as shown at 9 in the drawings.

Secured between'the sections 2 and 3 at their point 0f juncture, andpreferably by an elastic band 10, is afolded record sheet, the samecomprising a continuous piece of paper folded transversely and tearableat the folds,

y the printing and lines upon the sheet being so arranged that theprinted matter of the folded sections will register, whereby manifoldcopies of matter written upon the outer sheet will be provided byinterposing carbon sheets between the folds of the printed sheet.

The utility of the improved book will be understood and appreciated fromthe following explanation of the manner of folding and using it.

/Vhen the book is not required for use, it is folded to the positionshown in Figs. 1 and 2, and in this form may be readily carried in thepocket. VVhen'it is desired to 'make up a car record, the section 3,with half of the leaves (as shown at 11 in Figs. 3 and 4.) restingthereon, is turned under the section 2 after which the section 1, itsliap 6, and the slate 7 are turned from the opposite side of the bookbelow the section 3. This gives the user the advantage of a rigidsupport for the exposed sheet 12, said support comprising the combinedthickness of all of the sections, together with that of the flap 6 andslate 7, and all of the sheets except the one to be then written on, arecovered to protect them from defacement, one-half of all the sheetsbeing concealed between the sections 1 and 3, and all but the outermostone of the sheets 12 being covered.

Vhen it is desired to use the sheets 13, or those opposite the sheetsshown at 11 in Fig. 3, the book is folded to the position shown in Figs.5 and 6, with the section 3 uppermost, the section 2 below it, then theslate 7, flap 6 and section 1 in the order named, the sheets 12 beingheld between the section 2 and the slate 7.

l Vhen it is desired to write on the reverse sides ofthe sheets 12, thesheets and carbons are reversed, and the book is turned to the positionshown in Fig. 7, the relative posisheets after the conductor hasreturned to i his car or other place of shelter. When the slate is to bethus used, all of the record sheets are entirely covered and concealed,and the book is folded as shown in Fig. 8. The record sheets are betweenthe sections 2 and 3;

the section 1 and its flap 6 rest on the section' i 2, and the slate 7rests on the flap 6 in position to be written upon.

Vhile the improvement is especially adapted for the use of railroad men,it will of course be understood that it is capable of use whereverwritten records or entries are required to be made, and particularlywhere such records or entries must be made out of doors.

l/Vhat l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A folding record of the class described comprising an intermediateportion foldable centrally, side portions foldably connected to theopposite edges of the intermediate portion, and a slate foldablyconnected at one edge to the intermediateportion at the folding point ofthe same.

2. A folding record of the class described comprising three sections ofcard-board or like material flexibly joined at their edges to provide acentral section and two side sections, record sheets detachably unitedat the juncture of two of said sections, and a slate section flexiblysecured between two'of said sections.

3. A folding car record book comprising three cover sections of pasteboard or like material, one of said sections being flexibly secured atits opposite edges to the proximate edges of the other two sections,record sheets detachably united between two of said sections, and aslate section flexibly secured between two of the cover sections andadapted to be folded to conceal the record sheets and present the slatesection in position for writing.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ANDREW KEISER. Witnesses H. C. EVERT, MAX H. SRoLovrTz.

